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The challenges of collecting and monitoring URLs that point to malware

Since 2005, the Malware Patrol Project has been cataloguing URLs used in phishing scams and distributing block lists for the most popular proxies and anti-spam systems. André D. Corrêa describes the challenges of collecting and monitoring malicious…

Same malware, different code

Pierre-Marc Bureau (ESET)

'The intent is the same, the information displayed to the user is the same, and the extorted money probably ends up in the same pocket.' Pierre-Marc Bureau, Eset.

Spam away

VB says goodbye to the Spam Supplement.

Jobs for the naughty boys

UK's cyber security minister recruits team of former hackers.

Spammer to serve time

Prolific spammer gets his just desserts.

Kernel mechanics of Rustock

Chandra Prakash provides details of the kernel-mode operations of a recent (March 2009) version of Rustock, concentrating on the changes from its previous version.

Anti-unpacker tricks – part seven

New anti-unpacking tricks continue to be developed as the older ones are constantly being defeated. In this series of articles Peter Ferrie describes some tricks that might become common in the future, along with some countermeasures. This article…

CARO mio, AMTSO mon amour

David Harley (ESET)

David Harley reports on two important industry gatherings that achieved the magic combination of social networking, the exchange of solid information, great entertainment and a beautiful setting: the CARO workshop and the latest AMTSO meeting.

Malware without a name is still malware

'At the rate malware is currently released ... it may be that the specific naming of malware is a dead concept.' Lysa Myers, West Coast Labs.

EICAR 2009 in a nutshell: ich bin ein EICARer

Testing, science fiction, a security legend and some magic - Eddy Willems describes the highlights of a sunny week in Berlin at the 19th EICAR conference.